Lawmakers Will Finally Be Allowed To Look At Documents Related To The Benghazi Attack

Since the September 11 attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi,
Congressional leadership —
especially the House Oversight Committee — has consistently
demanded that the State Department release files that would help
clear the air regarding what exactly occurred.

It appears that today that some lawmakers will finally get the
answers they are looking for.

Foreign Policy is reporting that specific legislators will be
privy to information previously hidden from them: diplomatic
cables, official documents, what have you. Sensitive documents
have already been leaked to the senate and the mainstream media,
so it is possible that State is trying to crack down.

In response to multiple information requests from
Senator John Kerry, chair of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, State Department Assistant Secretary
for Legislative Affairs David Adams wrote Kerry the
following:

"To facilitate your committee's work, we want to offer you
and other members of the committee the opportunity to review
these cables and memoranda. This set of material contains
classified and other sensitive information... Mindful of these
concerns, the Department is prepared to make copies of these
documents available for the committee's in
camera review."

However, a senior Republican aide told FP that State
is only making the documents available for viewing today and
tomorrow in DC. "Funny since no member is in town,"
the tipster noted. "The timing and limited access clearly
demonstrates the administration cares more about playing
politics with the tragedy than accepting responsibility."

Congress is gearing up for a full week of hearings related to the
attack.